8° Inglés Caring For The Environment

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Inglés 8° Marzo 8 Primero

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Karen Torres Bachillerato Marzo 23 3

APRENDIZAJE A DESARROLLAR Students describe human actions that affect the environment. Express opinions about human actions Discuss good and bad environmental practices METODOLOGIA 2.1. ESTRUCTURACION

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1. Read the story about Silvio the Spectacled Bear. Find and underline at least four mistakes and correct them. Bear Cries Over Lost Habitat Silvio the bear loved live in the forest by the river. He enjoyed walked around the forest. One day Silvio went to a different part of the river to drink water and eat fruit from the trees. When he came back to his place in the forest, he saw something terrible. People had cut in his favorite trees. Silvio sat by the river and cried. Now Silvio would like find another place to live, but he’s not interested of living near humans because they destroyed its habitat. enjoys walkes 1. ___living___________________ 2. ________________________ 3. __________________________ drinks saws lives 4. ___________________________ 5. ________________________ 6. __________________________

2. Match the eco-friendly actions with the photos A–G.

1. composts organic waste _E____ G 2. grows his/her own food ______ B 3. has solar panels _____ F 4. recycles plastic bottles ______ A 5. rides a bicycle to school ______ C 6. turns off lights _____ D 7. turns off tap when brushing teeth _____

3. Read the eco-actions and decide if they reduce, reuse or recycle. Complete the table. Eco-actions 1. Andres didn’t use his old PlayStation, so he donated it to charity. 2. Lina separates her waste into organic, plastic, glass, paper, metal, e-waste, and mixed. 3. Bella stopped buying shoes she doesn’t use. 4. Roberto puts all his food scraps into a compost bin. 5. Tim makes lampshades out of old glass bottles. 6. Sally has short showers to lower her water consumption.

Reduce Reuse or Recycle? Reuse

recycle reduce reduce reuse

recycle

4. Look at the example and write three sentences about what you do at home to reduce, reuse and recycle. You can use exercises 2 and 3 to help you. Example: I reduce my energy consumption by turning off my computer at night. in my house we reduced our water consumption by not leaving the faucet 1. (reduce) ____________________________________________________________________________________ in my house we reuse egg cartons to make vases and pictures 2. (reuse) _____________________________________________________________________________________ in my house we recycle the soda bottles to make flower pots. 3. (recycle) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2

5. Order the words to make questions and match them with an answer. Follow the example. 1. reduce/How/electricity consumption/my/I/can/? How can I reduce my electricity consumption? __ 2. do/fruit and vegetable peelings/ my/ What/I/ with /can/? ___________________________________________ 3. I/my/How/eco-footprint/can/reduce/? ___________________________________________ 4. can/my/plastic water bottles/do/I/What/with/? ___________________________________________

A. There are many things you can do, like ride a bicycle or use public transport. B. Think about your habits at home. You can turn off the lights and appliances when you are not using them. C. You can compost them to make excellent fertilizer for your garden. D. There are many possibilities. Maybe you can cut the top off and make a bird feeder with them.

6. Label each picture with the questions. Then complete the answers with expressions from the box.

1. How can I save water?_____

can i receive automobile consumption 2. how _________________________

It’s easy to (a.) save water. For example, when you’re brushing your teeth, you can (b.) turn off the tap. how can I avoid disposing of waste in another container 3._________________________

Start riding your bike. Stop (c.) pullete _________________. Then, you can help reduce carbon emissions. how can i prevent people from throwing away

4.___________________________ automobile tires

put the waste in its

use water bottles respective place It’s time to (d.) ________________. It’s easy to (f.) ________________. You can compost peelings and You can make them into a nice leftover food. Stop (e.) planter for your garden. throw them in another trash can ________________ everything.

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7. Label the pictures with words from the Word Bank

plastic bottles b. ___________ peeelings a. ____________

magazines c. __________

batteries crips packet d. ____________ e. ____________

8. (Track 10) Listening: Listen and label the bins with the words from the Word Bank. Then listen again and match the items from exercise 7 with the correct bin.

e-waste a. _____________ _____________

organic waste b. ___________ ___________

recycling c. ____________ ____________

rubbish d. _____________ _____________

9. Complete the article with the correct form of the verb in brackets using the Present Simple.

The National Park Is Closed The National Park is a beautiful place to go hiking. You could see many different plants and are animals there. The trees 1. _______ (be) very tall and very old. Things have changed when haves an illegal mining business came to the park. Now, they 2. ________ (have) an open mine cuts wants and 3. _______ (cut) down trees near the river every day. They 4. _______ (want) to extract nots some important and valuable minerals. Sadly, the local government 5. _______ (be/not) interested in taking care of the park and many more illegal miners have come. It 6. pollutes (pollute) the water with mercury and other toxic substances. Now, some ________ are environmental groups 7. __________ (be) concerned about the problem. But it may be too late. The damage from the illegal mining is irreparable. The soil in the affected areas will never regenerate.

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